XIT,.

Dromotion and Surprises.

   

(#(ARL did not leave the friendly mansion of
< ‘Mr. Mill without a suspicion that some plan
ie was on foot for his benefit. The questions
had been too close and searching to have
proceeded from simple curiosity. Some plan
must be on foot for his benefit. Why did the pastor
inquire so particularly as to his residence at the Oaks?
Why did he take down the name of Dr. Newman and
Mr. Barry? Why did he inquire for the residence of
each boy in the school? Carl was therefore less sur-
prised at receiving a note from Mr. Mill, inviting him
to accompany him, during the approaching fortnight
of vacation, in a jaunt up the North River. To relieve
him from all anxiety about expenses, this excellent
gentleman asked, as a favour, that Carl would act as
his amanuensis, in recording certain matters which he
was collecting towards a volume in the press. It was
both benevolent and delicate in Mr. Mill, and it went
to Carl’s heart more than a munificent gift could have